Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-16
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written urging handt-alning in public
schools, and such work is TO a degree
| practicable, even under the workings of
| the present system. Here in Fort
| Worth III some OF the schools il is the
custom of teachers to read TO the pupils
each week. Why not require the listener
to bring soGe light work end employ
their hands? Their attention would be
less likely to be diverted than when idle.
and the few Interruptions would amount
| to out little compared with the benefit de-
rived. The work should be mepdiDg.
earning, Knitting, making garments,
everything practical; nothing in the line
of fancy work.
In Germany q bride goes to the home
OF her husband accomplished in house
hold skill. She does not consider it q
cause OF bosstfulDess that she cannot
make bread, does not know a tenderloin
from sirloin or is in any sense ignorant
OF the duties Of her department in the
new association. To her this would be
as absurd as an ignorance of the details
OF business on the part OF the male mem
Der OF the firm would be to the American
girl, and yet the latter in too many IT.
stances steps into the new relationship
with Sn open ayOwal of her Ignorance,
The higher education that women most
need, Is that which leads to an apprec1a-
ton OF their duties, such training
OF mind and direction of talent.
as will render it utterly
Impossible for them to be content with
half attsinments in the lire Of work. Ia
oro1l steak well, to arrange g table
neatly, TO sweep q room thoroughly, are
as essential TO progress as duties which,!
seem on the surface to be grsnder. Az
knowledge of hygiene, mind you, knowl-
edge not thai little which is only of dag
gerous extent, will lead 10 we'll ventilated
rooms, careful inspection IF the lurk-
ing places OF disease germs; mathematics
Will put period to waste and exCrevs-
gauce, and the difficult problem of making
ends meet will be made sOlYable by the |
woman who, knowing the means, care |
fully calculates and regulates the outgo. |
When into the arms of the truly edu-
Gated young mother her drst-born is laid |
the delicate plant will not become a sub |
Ject for experiment or victim |
CT ignorance, but will grow anu |
thrive under the skilIful mother i
who now learns TO apply her knowledge
OF the laws of being.
A woman who brings into tie household
and mind accustomed to |
trace cause and fleet, will be more likely
to be successful in guiding domestic af-
fairs than one given to frivolity, even
though they may be equally uneducated in
that peculiar province The one thing to
be dreaded is not the cry of s'blue stock
ing" but want Of horoughness in prep
arat1on on the par of women for any 70
cation they may have chosen. The am
oltion Of most women who aspire to in
dependency is to compete with men, but
In Htting themselves they seem to ignore
the fact, for fact it is, that in thar compe-
6ltlon they are expected to excel the ms
Iortfy, and while many women regard all
outside employments as antlcipatory of
marriage, men take up their callings as
ifework and prepare for it.
Let women disabuse their minds of
dependence on quIckness OF requirement
md their claim Of sex, and enter the field
armed with thorough preparedness. II
comes as an interruption of
heir plans they will not regret their pre-
7ious work and men viii soon learn that
educated women are the ones whom they
iesire as wives in their homes, and as /
mothers of those who are to succeed them
n the worlds history.
RECIPES.
Haricot Mutton-Make good gravy by
boiling the trimmings, seasoning with
pepper and salt. Strain, add carrots,
,arsnips and onions previously boiled 1